H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Monica Niculescu vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez H2H: 0-1

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez holds a 1–0 lead over Monica Niculescu in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won the 2011 Wimbledon round of 64 6-3 6-0.

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Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Spain Age 44 Left-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #76 6-3 6-0 Monica Niculescu #46 Match data Jun 24, 2011* R64 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Monica Niculescu #958 #28 1,960 1,779 179 214 45.5% 0 0 0 0 3 3
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #761 #19 2,635 1,894 107 101 51.4% 0 1 0 0 4 5

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Monica Niculescu Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 2001 10–16 38.5% #93 1,520 0 0
19 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0 2002 0–4 0.0% #282 1,461 0 0
20 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0 — — — — — — —
21 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0 — — — — — — —
23 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0 2006 5–6 45.5% #106 1,488 0 0
24 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0 2007 2–2 50.0% #174 1,506 0 0
25 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1 2008 7–9 43.8% #93 1,556 0 0
26 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2 2009 30–17 63.8% #26 1,781 0 2
27 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2 2010 23–16 59.0% #28 1,806 0 3
28 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3 2011 23–17 57.5% #35 1,818 0 5
29 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3 2012 6–13 31.6% #162 1,677 0 5
30 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3 2013 1–1 50.0% #555 1,668 0 5
31 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3 — — — — — — —
32 2020 0–2 0.0% #144 1,586 0 3 — — — — — — —
33 2021 0–3 0.0% #274 1,519 0 3 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Monica Niculescu Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 0 4 4 0.0% 10 11 21 47.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2006 0 3 3 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — —
24 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2007 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2008 1 4 5 20.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
26 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2009 11 9 20 55.0% 19 6 25 76.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2010 11 11 22 50.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
28 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2011 12 10 22 54.5% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2012 3 7 10 30.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
30 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2013 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 143 148 291 49.1% 20 40 60 33.3% 14 23 37 37.8% 2 3 5 40.0% — 38 50 88 43.2% 61 41 102 59.8% 8 10 18 44.4% — — — —

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 341/394 of Monica Niculescu's and 148/178 of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Monica Niculescu Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8% 2006 1/11 0.0 2.0 55.8% 31.0% 39.1% 53.3% 28.6% 34.6% 40.0%
24 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 2007 3/4 3.0 4.3 60.5% 58.4% 47.3% 54.9% 69.2% 53.3% 51.1%
25 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4% 2008 13/16 2.8 2.0 55.4% 65.0% 46.6% 60.2% 51.5% 57.0% 44.5%
26 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 2009 41/47 3.6 2.5 53.0% 68.2% 48.5% 56.6% 51.7% 59.1% 45.0%
27 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 2010 37/39 4.4 2.8 53.9% 69.4% 47.4% 58.5% 46.3% 59.1% 44.1%
28 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 2011 37/40 2.3 3.1 54.7% 66.0% 45.0% 50.5% 45.9% 56.7% 44.1%
29 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 2012 14/19 2.3 3.8 57.0% 57.8% 42.5% 47.2% 44.7% 51.4% 38.8%
30 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% 2013 2/2 0.5 1.0 66.7% 59.3% 58.9% 50.0% 41.7% 59.0% 42.8%
31 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 2/2 1.0 1.5 79.6% 49.7% 35.3% 49.4% 42.2% 46.7% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 3/3 0.3 1.3 74.9% 47.5% 49.1% 46.0% 50.0% 46.5% 36.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 341/394 0.9 1.8 73.4% 56.9% 44.8% 46.4% 50.7% 53.3% 46.5% — 148/208 3.2 2.8 54.6% 66.1% 46.7% 54.8% 48.3% 57.3% 44.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Monica Niculescu Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1521 114.8 — — — — -18 +66 — 38.7% -0.92 6–6 (50%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.35
19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 2002 1462 95.8 — — — — — — — 20.0% -2.00 0–2 — — +0.36
20 2008 1543 120.1 -2.90 -0.19 0.859 46.3% +10 -13 +47 34.6% -1.12 4–6 (40%) 1–2 (33%) 99.8 +0.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 1523 112.7 -2.66 -0.26 0.928 48.0% +26 -22 — 34.7% -1.10 3–7 (30%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.79 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 1574 117.8 -2.83 +0.34 0.866 46.8% -1 — — 41.7% -0.81 3–3 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 101.0 -0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 1758 133.3 -2.06 +3.84 1.021 50.5% -10 -238 -215 53.8% +0.41 7–3 (70%) 3–5 (38%) 103.5 +0.37 2006 1489 110.8 -2.04 -2.00 0.612 37.3% -75 +135 — 46.2% +0.04 2–2 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 100.2 +0.19
24 2012 1640 125.0 -1.30 -0.32 0.949 48.8% +48 -164 -85 42.4% -0.47 3–8 (27%) 6–1 (86%) 96.9 +0.44 2007 1506 110.3 -2.03 +0.86 1.092 52.3% — +140 — 50.0% -0.30 1–1 1–1 — -0.08
25 2013 1635 132.6 -0.55 +4.14 1.104 52.3% +66 -181 — 52.1% +0.24 6–8 (43%) 4–2 (67%) 97.6 -0.53 2008 1556 123.2 +0.69 +0.59 1.033 50.5% -136 +102 +74 44.4% -0.14 2–4 (33%) 1–2 (33%) 98.1 -0.04
26 2014 1688 140.2 -1.17 +5.03 1.133 53.0% +7 -148 — 57.1% +1.03 8–12 (40%) 2–6 (25%) 93.9 -0.85 2009 1781 138.2 +3.43 +1.20 1.100 51.5% -175 +81 — 60.9% +0.45 11–10 (52%) 6–3 (67%) 106.6 +0.37
27 2015 1677 131.5 -1.57 +1.81 0.978 49.6% -20 -106 -62 50.0% +0.03 10–10 (50%) 4–0 (100%) 105.1 -0.95 2010 1807 143.6 +3.06 +1.20 1.078 51.4% -128 +98 -159 55.7% +0.42 7–7 (50%) 6–6 (50%) 101.9 -1.22
28 2016 1759 135.4 -1.87 +5.53 1.073 51.7% +23 -229 — 56.0% +0.42 8–6 (57%) 1–4 (20%) 100.6 +0.22 2011 1819 139.3 +0.93 +0.43 1.019 50.2% -71 +47 -121 57.3% +0.43 4–5 (44%) 9–4 (69%) 103.5 -1.02
29 2017 1622 118.4 -3.66 +1.26 0.920 48.1% +24 -137 -27 40.9% -0.64 5–5 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 100.1 +0.21 2012 1677 115.8 -1.76 -1.58 0.798 45.1% -13 +152 -9 37.2% -0.95 1–6 (14%) — — -0.84
30 2018 1591 133.1 -2.27 +2.61 1.010 50.2% +6 — — 39.6% -0.48 3–5 (38%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.38 2013 1669 99.6 -1.32 -1.04 1.045 51.4% — — — 50.0% -0.25 — — — +0.03
31 2019 1638 129.0 -1.03 +1.89 1.019 50.3% +11 — -43 46.2% -0.05 3–4 (43%) 2–5 (29%) 98.8 -0.23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 1587 99.7 -1.05 +1.06 0.754 43.7% — — — 33.3% -2.34 0–2 — — -0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 1519 98.6 -2.42 -0.40 0.685 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.17 — — — -0.37 2016 1630 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1583 96.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2023 1531 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1780 134.0 -1.87 +2.44 0.996 49.9% +19 -140 -64 46.8% -0.13 63–79 (44%) 30–32 (48%) 97.9 -0.41 — 1895 134.8 +1.77 +0.63 1.030 50.4% -104 +88 -60 51.1% 0.00 34–43 (44%) 25–20 (56%) 102.4 -1.26

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.